2017 WTA Week of July 31: Premier Stanford & International Washington D.C

[Devil_dog]

Damn !!! How does Pet get away with that
gosh awful service motion!

Riiiight?!?!

 

[elkwood]

Ph my !! JG misses a easy volley for 4 all !!

 

[Devil_dog]

OMG. Julie dumps another gimme volley.

 

[Soianka]

Hate that inconsistent play of Garbine.

 

[spystud]

And then Petko promptly returns the favor.

 

[Devil_dog]

Aaaand Petko gives one back with her own bad volley.

 

[elkwood]

OH wow !!! Pets misses one this time THough not super easy now JG got game pt

4 all 3rd set !

 

[elkwood]

Ok i not watched Pet play much. Has her Service motion always been
that strange ? is she compensating for a injury ??

 

[elkwood]

wow !!! What a FH for JG for a break pt !!

 

[spystud]

Ok i not watched Pet play much. Has her Service motion always been
that strange ? is she compensating for a injury ??

She's had a lot of injuries through the years, pretty sure one was her shoulder.

 

[elkwood]

This is a great match !! I hate for either one to not win

 

[Devil_dog]

Ok i not watched Pet play much. Has her Service motion always been
that strange ? is she compensating for a injury ??

Here's her serve from 6 yrs ago...

 

[Devil_dog]

This is a great match !! I hate for either one to not win

Definitely more entertaining than the Key vs. Garbine match.

 

[spystud]

Yeah, I'd say it's pretty even, 105 pts won each.

 

[elkwood]

Here's her serve from 6 yrs ago...

Ahh so its for sure injury related change. Tks for the link !

 

[spystud]

Julia to serve for it after the break.

 

[Devil_dog]

C'mon Jules!!!

 

[Devil_dog]

So Makarova is 1-0 vs. Jules.

Makarova is 1-4 vs. Petkovic.

 

[spystud]

Julia wins, fun way to end the tennis night.

 

[elkwood]

JG wins 75 !! in 3rd set

 

[spystud]

Smile!!

 

[Devil_dog]

Yes!!! Go Gorgeous!

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

@spystud

Now Boxing is on? What the heck is goin on?

Okay the fight is supposed to be on ESPN, but the NFL hall of fame whatever ceremony is going on, so boxing pushed to espn2, and once again tennis is pushed to who knows where.

Rather annoying. The are now showing World Team Tennis on ESPN2 even tho' they never broadcast the Mugu-Keys semi. However, I noticed the Replay is now up on WatchESPN (on ESPN3). But not sure if is really worth watching.

 

[spystud]

I wouldn't bother, but I am about to watch Lomachenko destroy this fool.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

About to create the Rogers Cup thread.

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

I wouldn't bother, but I am about to watch Lomachenko destroy this fool.

I may have jinxed Garbine by changing my vote to Coco a couple of days ago. Even tho' Madison took down #1 don't think she can do it to Coco.

 

[ScentOfDefeat]

Here we go, another runner-up plate for Julia.

 

[spystud]

Does that somehow bother you?

 

[sportmac]

I may have jinxed Garbine by changing my vote to Coco a couple of days ago. Even tho' Madison took down #1 don't think she can do it to Coco.

It's going to depend on which Coco and which Madison show up. All that unbridled power could turn out to be a slug fest (hoping!) or...

 

[ScentOfDefeat]

Does that somehow bother you?

Yes.

 

[Vanhool]

Wow! Coco is in the singles and doibles final today. Good for her!

 

[speedysteve]

Couple of those I've never heard of. Loved Cracker and Hinterland but don't know Grantchester, Endeavour or Vera.
I do like the cheeky ones as well - Midsomer Murders is a guilty pleasure and seen all the Marple/Poirot's. You're batting 100 on the comedies. I don't know any of those. Now I have a good list for the fall/winter days...
Brilliant!

Morse taught one grammar. Who, whom etc.

 

[spystud]

One would think Stanford & DC wouldn't schedule their women's finals at the exact same time in the same country on competing TV networks. So f'ing stupid.

 

[speedysteve]

I've been following all this the day after.. Coco was just on it. Cici could do nothing. Kvitty was well below par in the Cici match.
Looking forward to the all Am. final.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Petkovic only needs another 35 ranking points to get into the main draw of Premier level tournaments. If Inwere the tournament director, I give it to her, she sort of earn it with her effort of a massive comeback!

 

[Harry_Wild]

One would think Stanford & DC wouldn't schedule their women's finals at the exact same time in the same country on competing TV networks. So f'ing stupid.

Prime viewership time slots is why! It time we're most tennis fans are like to watch!

 

[spystud]

Yeah, no. The ratings will be terrible for both, especially DC.

 

[jaggy]

Hoping Julia can pull this off

 

[spystud]

Julia & Keys (striclty for SDL purposes, otherwise Coco).

 

[jaggy]

3-0 Jules with one break

 

[Devil_dog]

Mildly interesting: Both Julia and Coco are wearing the same kit. I thought Gorgeous was a Fila girl.

 

[elkwood]

Keys is moving well today

 

[elkwood]

Keys breaks serves for the match

 

[sportmac]

Keys breaks serves for the match

Hope she's completely back from the injuries. I like her game.

 

[elkwood]

Wow keys wins in 2 sets 76 64

 

[elkwood]

Mak takes 2nd set to force a 3rd set on JG

 

[jaggy]

What a strange 2nd set, 1-1 now

 

[elkwood]

JG served for the match and couldn't pull it out.

 

[elkwood]

What a strange 2nd set, 1-1 now

Wow JG came from what was it 42 down to 54 up and then Mak stiffened and she
blew JG out in the TB

 

[Devil_dog]

JG served for the match and couldn't pull it out.

Choooooke. lol

She hasn't won a title since 2011. Guess it was weighing on her.